Wheel



(No Model.

H. N. THAYER.

WHEEL.

Patented Jan. 29, 1889.

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HORACE N. THA'YER, OF ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA.

WHEEL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 396,782, dated January 29, 1889.

Application filed October 25, 1888. Serial No. 289,147. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HORACE N. THAYER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Erie, in the county of Erie and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wheels; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to wheels; and it consists in certain improvements in the construction of the same, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed out in the claims.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, as follows:

Figure l is a vertical section through the wheel on the plane of the axis. Fig. 2 is a transverse section of the hub on the line 0c 68 in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is an end view of the hub. Fig. 4 is a perspective of the hub-barrel. Fig. 5 is a view of the flange B as seen in Fig. 3, with the hub-barrel removed. Fig. 6 is a transverse section of the flange B on the line y y in Fig. 5.

The construction is as follows: A is the hub-barrel, which is a cylindrical tube with plane ends a a and ribs a on the surface of the barrel from one end a to the other.

B B are flanges which slip onto the plane ends a of the hub-barrel A. These flanges B have notches b in the wall of the central opening through them, which correspond in number and position with the grooves formed by the ribs a on the hub-body, and they also have grooves b which radiate from the notches b on their outer faces, as seen in Figs. 3, 5, and 6. Between these radial grooves b there are lugs 6 which serve to add depth to and confine the spoke-wires within the groove 17 C are the spoke-wires, and they pass be tween the hub-barrel A and the flanges B B, through the openings formed by the notches I) in the flanges and the grooves in the hubbarrel, and are bent up so as to lie in the radial grooves 19 and thence extend up to the rim 1), as is clearly shown in Fig. l.

The spokes firmly draw the flanges against the shoulders formed by the ends of the ribs to, and thus bind the parts of the hub together.

hat I claim as new is 1. In a wheel, the combination of a hubbarrel having plane ends a and longitudinal external ribs, a, flanges B, having notches b, which fit over the plane ends a of the barrel, and spoke-wires O, which pass lengthwise of the hub through the openings 1) in the flanges and between the ribs a on the barrel and are bent out to the rim D over the outer faces of the flanges.

2. In a wheel, the combination of a hubbarrel having plane ends a and longitudinal external ribs, a, flanges B, having notches b and radial grooves b on their outer faces, which lead from said notches, fitting over the plane ends of the barrel, and spoke-wires C, which pass lengthwise of the hub through the openings b and between the ribs a and pass out to the rim D through the grooves 22 In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

H. N. 'lI-IAYER.

Vv'itnesses:

J NO. K. HALLOCK, WM. P. HAYES. 

